U-shaped plan of commercial- residential building in Bhuj
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U-shaped plan of commercial- residential building in Bhuj
Open ground story collapse of short wing of same building
Shear cracking in infill masonry in weak cement mortar and sandstone blocks
Collapse of a partially open ground story building in Bhuj,coupled with vertical split of the building at midline
Collapse of the upper stories of this Gandhidham apartment building was due to plan irregularity
Collapse of corner owingto failure of diaphragm at the reentrant
damage to perimetercolumns of building with varying lateral
Damage to small servicewater tank on top of RC frame building
Open ground story buildings with masonry infills only in the upper storiesare subject to severe deformation demands on ground story columns.
Shear cracking of non-ductilecolumns of an open ground story buildingin Bhuj
RC elevator cores savedmany buildings with open ground stories
RC columns sustainedsevere damage. Shutters were down atthe time of the earthquake
Many open groundstory buildings did not collapse, butsustained severe damage to thecolumns in the ground story
Shear failures incolumns due to inadequateconfinement reinforcement
Intermediate storycollapse in the 6 story building inBhuj